Empowered Writing
Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China
Published on 28. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-931483-23-0 (ISBN)
Description
Empowered Writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. The book divides into three parts: tallies, petitions, and scriptures-all inherently empowered since they originate from the very same primordial energy as Dao, the heavens, and highest gods.
Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformation of empowered writing from the Warring States period through the Six Dynasties, closely examining the different kinds of writing, their uses, and interpretation as well as relating uniquely Daoist features to imperial and Buddhist usages.
Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformation of empowered writing from the Warring States period through the Six Dynasties, closely examining the different kinds of writing, their uses, and interpretation as well as relating uniquely Daoist features to imperial and Buddhist usages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-931483-23-0 (9781931483230)
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Schweitzer Classification